It was not immediately clear if the attack was carried out by Shiite militiamen or the Islamic State extremist group.
Islamic State has been advancing into the ethnically and communally mixed Diyala province outside Baghdad and has been known to kill fellow Sunni Muslims who refuse to submit to its leadership.
The attack on the Musab bin Omair Mosque in Imam Wais village, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north-east of Baghdad, began with a suicide bombing near the entrance, an army officer and a police officer said.
Islamic State has been advancing into the ethnically and communally mixed Diyala province outside Baghdad and has been known to kill fellow Sunni Muslims who refuse to submit to its leadership.
The attack on the Musab bin Omair Mosque in Imam Wais village, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north-east of Baghdad, began with a suicide bombing near the entrance, an army officer and a police officer said.
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